In what is a just-bananas-enough-to-believe publicity grab, Walmart will capitalize (intentionally or not) on the #MeToo and generally pro-women national mood by airing three 60-second films “devised” by directors Melissa McCarthy, Dee Rees, and Nancy Meyers during this year’s Academy Awards broadcast.

On Wednesday, a photo circulated on Twitter depicting a Walmart gun display case topped with a prominent sign that reads, “Own the school year like a hero.” Now, Walmart has apologized, and a representative says the company is taking steps to ensure that this... does not happen again.

Last week, Walmart unveiled a new prepackaged food item called the “crotilla.” The disc-shaped (and reportedly flaky) little thing is described by the retail giant as “an alternative for croissant sandwiches since the buttery bread often flakes apart when it’s cut horizontally.” But let’s cut the crap for a second and…

The Village Voicereports that exactly none of the donors for new super-PAC New Yorkers for Independent Action—which has launched a very expensive campaign to unseat four black and Latino state Democrats representing Bronx, Brooklyn, and Suffolk counties in the September 13 Democratic primaries—actually live in the…

A little throwback to the height of the Clinton-era culture wars for your Wednesday morning: In 1995, Wal-Mart pulled t-shirts featuring a Dennis the Menace character declaring “Someday a woman will be PRESIDENT!” from one of its stores because somebody thought it was “offensive.”

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Friday that they will be shutting down 269 stores around the world “in the coming fiscal year” as part of an ongoing reevaluation of their “fleet.” CNBC reports that of the 154 domestic closures, 102 would be Neighborhood Markets—the brand’s smaller stores originally branded as Walmart…

Watch out, world. Patti LaBelle has been in the kitchen again serving up some of her famous desserts. After her Sweet Potato Pie skyrocketed to success last November, resulting in empty shelves and sweet-toothed fans scalping them at high costs, Walmart decided to offer the limited edition item year-round. They are…

Sam’s Club, a discount warehouse store owned by Wal-Mart, could be criticized for any number of things, including huge job cuts, poor employee conditions, or its willingness to sell you a barrel of Jack Daniels. The thing people are choosing to criticize the company for is much, much more stupid.

A Walmart employee in Albany, New York was fired from his job after redeeming $2 worth of discarded cans he found while gathering the store’s shopping carts. Walmart didn’t have a problem with the $3.10 worth of empty beer cans Smith had found in the parking lot, but did have an issue with the $2 he received from cans…

The Patti LaBelle sweet potato pie shortage continues one week after James Wright uploaded up the now infamous Facebook video promoting the dessert. Walmart really was not—and still isn’t—prepared for the tornado of sweet enthusiasts.

Walmart, in the midst of a huge campaign to make itself appear like less of a soul-sucking, worker -abusing corporate behemoth, has raised employee wages and is making some very important changes in its working environment.

Former Congressman and noted crackpot Allen West had a disturbing encounter at a Dallas Walmart Monday, the surest sign yet that Sharia law is creeping across this great nation and into Allen West’s personal space. A cashier with what he thought was a Muslim-sounding name wouldn’t sell him alcohol. As it turns out,…